Scarcity of water for irrigation is a serious hindrance for small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of good quality water for irrigation has resulted in increasing pressure on such water which has prompted ...

This research is an evaluation of labour-based methods and techniques that are used in rural road construction and maintenance. The study places emphasis on the Zibambele rural road maintenance programme in Umbumbulu, which ...

Land use/land cover (LULC) information is essential for a plethora of applications including environmental monitoring and natural resource management. Traditionally, field surveying techniques were the sole source of ...

The objective of this study is to research how the slow process of land redistribution in
South Africa can be accelerated, given the urgency of land resettlement. A subprogramme
of redistribution, Land Redistribution for ...

Apartheid and colonialism left deep imprints on contemporary South African society.
Nowhere are these more compellingly apparent than in the highly skewed distribution of
land between whites and blacks. At the beginning ...

This research has two objectives: Firstly, to examine the rate of land redistribution in the
province of KwaZulu-Natal during the years 1997 and 1998 as well as the performance of
different modes of land redistribution. ...

Land reform in South Africa has not been very successful. The process of land delivery has been slow and livelihoods in South Africa are becoming increasingly vulnerable as land reform fails to meet its objectives. Since ...

This study highlights the role social capital plays in promoting relationships within and between organizations so that they are able to act with common cause. For years relationships between parks and local communities ...

Bio-energy is a source of clean, renewable energy and is seen as a promising endeavor in mitigating and abating climate change. Its use brings various social, environmental and economic benefits and particularly for Africa, ...

Rural farmers in the Nkwezela Area, with an average family size of 10 people, face a
number of problems. The crops that are predominantly cultivated in the area, for
subsistence (maize, dry beans, sorghum, potatoes, ...

Weenen Nature Reserve (WNR) has a long history of unwise land use that resulted in severe overgrazing and soil degradation. Since 1948 several soil conservation and reclamation programs have been undertaken to halt the ...

Land transformation in the Karkloof Catchment (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) between 1944
and 1999 was examined. No research had previously been undertaken to quantify and obtain
an understanding of these changes and their ...

The past centuries have been marked with massive land conversions from one land use category, usually natural vegetation, to another. The forces that drive these land use changes are complex and poorly understood. However, ...

Hazelmere Dam situated on the Mdloti River in KwaZulu-Natal has, since its completion in 1977, lost 25 % of its original design capacity through sedimentation. This storage loss has brought about an environmental concern ...

The aim of this study was to detect spatio-temporal changes in sugarcane land use using satellite imagery for 1991–2006 in Umbumbulu, South Africa. This change detection study will enable quantification of change and the ...

Land is a non-renewable and finite resource which comprises a variety of ecosystems that support biological diversity and provide food, shelter and raw materials to society. With a multitude of land uses competing for this ...

The problem of informal settlement is well established in many urban areas of South Africa and in many other developing countries. Efforts to upgrade urban informal settlements have largely failed due to lack of effective ...

Rural women‘s land rights in South Africa remain secondary in spite of laws founded on a
constitution that promotes gender equality. Patriarchal customary laws prevail and women‘s
land rights and use security are ...